ANDREW BIRD Adds Concert Dates

MUSIC NEWS - Andrew Bird is adding east coast and midwest dates to his fall concert tour, capping off the tour with a performance at Austin City Limits, in support of his latest highly praised release Break It Yourself (out now on Mom + Pop Music). In celebration of the record’s release, Bird has appeared on “The Colbert Report” , “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” as well as NPR’s “Weekend Edition.”

Produced by Bird, Break It Yourself was recorded at his barn in Western Illinois near the banks of the Mississippi River. Paired with the album’s deluxe CD package is the DVD Here’s What Happened. The thirty-minute performance film was shot at Bird’s barn during the recording of the album and captures the energy of the room in which the new release was conceived. Footage from Here’s What Happened of Bird performing the track “Eyeoneye” can be viewed below.

Chicago-based film score composer, multi-instrumentalist and lyricist Andrew Bird picked up his first violin at the age of four and spent his formative years soaking up classical repertoire completely by ear. As a teen Bird became interested in a variety of styles including early jazz, country blues and gypsy music, synthesizing them into his unique brand of pop. Since beginning his recording career in 1997 he has released 11 albums, his first solo record Weather Systems coming in 2003.

Bird has gone on to record with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and perform at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Most recently Bird composed his first ever film score for the movie Norman (hailed as “a probing, thoughtful score” by The New York Times; available now on Mom + Pop), contributed to the soundtrack of The Muppets and collaborated with inventor Ian Schneller on Sonic Arboretum, an
installation at New York’s Guggenheim Museum and Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art.

ANDREW BIRD 2012 Tour Itinerary-

July

8  Fifth Third Bank Ballpark            Geneva, IL *
10 North Carolina Museum of Art            Raleigh, NC †
11 Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden            Richmond, VA †

13 Stage AE Pittsburgh, PA ‡

14 Forecastle Festival            Louisville, KY
15  Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park            Grand Rapids, MI
16  Artpark            Lewiston, NY
18 Theatre De Verdure at Parc LaFontaine            Montreal, QC
19  Echo Beach            Toronto, ON
20  Higher Ground Shelburne, VT
21  Hope Artiste Village Courtyard  Pawtucket, RI
27   Soundtown Festival Somerset, WI
August

10  Outside Lands            San Francisco, CA
11  The Spreckels Theatre            San Diego, CA
12  The Greek Theatre            Los Angeles, CA
14   Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre   S alt Lake City, UT
15   Chautauqua Auditorium  Boulder, CO
17 Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre Denver, CO
18 Jackson Hole Center for the Arts Jackson, WY
20 Peter Kiewit Concert Hall            Omaha, NE
21  Simon Estes Amphitheatre            Des Moines, IA

September

26 Overture Hall Madison, WI §

27 Midpoint Music Festival Cincinnati, OH §

29 Singletary Center Lexington, KY §

30 Murat Theatre Indianapolis, IN §

October

1 Orange Peel Asheville, NC §

2 Neighborhood Theatre Charlotte, NC §

4 Tennessee Theater Knoxville, TN §

5 Georgia Theater Athens, GA §

6 Charleston Music Hall Charleston, SC §

8 Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason Theater Miami Beach, FL §